Mnasilus Godman, 1900

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Mnasilus Godman, 1900 is a junior subjective synonym of Papias Godman, 1900

A monotypic genus Mnasilus Godman, 1900 was proposed for Mnasilus penicillatus Godman, 1900 (type locality Mexico, Guatemala, Panama and Brazil), which is currently a junior subjective synonym of Pamphila allubita Butler, 1877 (type locality Brazil: Para). In the genomic trees ( Fig. 14 ), Mnasilus is sister to the clade consisting of several species of Papias Godman, 1900 (type species Pamphila integra Mabille, 1891 ), such as Papias phainis Godman, 1900 (type locality Mexico: Veracruz) and Papias projectus Bell, 1942 (type locality Ecuador) among others. In turn, they together are sister to the clade with the type species of Papias ( Fig. 14 ). To restore the monophyly of Papias , we can either propose a new genus for the sister clade of Mnasilus , or include Mnasilus in Papias . We opt for the latter solution due to genetic similarities between these taxa. For instance, COI barcodes of Pamphila integra lectotype (NVG-15035E12) and Mnasilus allubita specimen from the type locality (NVG-19122C09) differ by 7.1% (47 bp), a divergence common for many congeners. Therefore, we propose to treat Mnasilus Godman, 1900 as a junior subjective synonym of Papias Godman, 1900 .

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Figure 14. Genomic tree of Moncina, part 2. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.